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Among other findings, 81.8 percent of respondents said they support expanding the list of illnesses now included in the program for the oil’s use. Another 61.5 percent said they somewhat to strongly support allowing the smoking of medical marijuana as a form of treatment. And 49.4 percent said they would at least somewhat support recreational use of marijuana in Georgia, although state lawmakers have said they have no appetite for allowing recreational use here.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. It used an automated system that called a mix of landlines and cellphones. The number of likely Republican primary voters, including independents, was 457. The number of likely Democratic primary voters, including independents, was 305.

State Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, who is leading the Commission on Medical Cannabis as part of a formal effort by the state to track the effect of its new law, said he was not surprised by the poll’s results. Expansion of the law for the production and distribution of cannabis oil has also been endorsed by State Rep. Alan Powell, R-Hartwell, who is chairman of the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee.

The commission, which is charged with studying whether the law should be expanded to allow growers to harvest and distribute cannabis oil in-state, meets for the last time at 9 a.m. Wednesday. It must present recommendations to Deal by the end of the year.

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